Ruth E. Babcock
Ruth E. Babcock (nee Rieker)
04/07/2025
Beloved wife of the late Ellis Babcock. Loving mother of Kenneth (JoAnn) Babcock and Laurie (John) Miller. Loving grandmother of four and great-grandmother of four. Loving friend of Raymond Drozd. Family and friends may visit on Wednesday April 16, 2025 from 5-7pm at The Dietrich Funeral Home Inc., 2480 Kensington Ave. Amherst, NY 14226 where a Funeral Service will immediately follow at 7pm. Flowers gratefully declined. Memorials may be made out to The Alzheimer’s Association of WNY. Online condolences may be placed at www.TheDietrichFuneralHome.com
My deepest sympathy on the loss of your mother. I was blessed to have had her as a part of my life. We had many lovely times. She was a wonderful, fun loving dear friend. She will be greatly missed.
My deepest sympathy on the loss of your mom. She was a sweet lady and a wonderful friend to my dad. I have many wonderful memories.
My deepest condolences on the loss of your Mom, Thoughts and prayers are with your entire family.
With deepest sympathy. Your mother was such a wonderful lady through and through. I fondly remember, so dearly, her love of going out dancing once a week being an active member of the George F Lamm Post with your father. Her love of animals was endearing and inspiring. She was just a kind human being with so much love to give. She will be missed.
My deepest sympathy to your family, prayers and thoughts.
I’m sorry to hear about your mother Lori God bless
Our Condolences on loss of your Mother.We always had a lot of fun with your Mom And Dad when going to dances or parties at
the Lamm post. We now live in Las Vegas and miss the group of friends we had in Western NEW YORK and miss the dances on
Saturdays or the bowling.
Hi,
Thank you.
Yes I do remember you both. I remember going to I believe Chautauqua at a campground you had one time for the day. I was still very young at the time. And yes my parents loved the purple martins and sitting in backyard watching and listening to them. I remember my dad used to whistle and they would whistle back to him. Very fond memories. I would check the bottom of the purple Martin house every morning for any eggs or baby birds that would fall out and then my dad would lower it and lift me up to put them back in. I’ve been going through many old pictures that we used for the service and it brought back so many memories, heartwarming and sad so many years have gone by my mom lived a very active long life. She would’ve been 97 on 17 April. She ended up getting Alzheimer’s a few years ago, lived with us for about eight months before it got too hard for me and then was in assisted memory care living facility and broke her hip. Had a hip replacement, went to rehab but still wasn’t able to walk and then went into a skilled nursing facility and really was only there a couple months and her kidneys started to shut down, but she passed peacefully and she still remembered me and my brother up until the end so I am happy about that. I did not want to have to watch her suffer. It’s been 20 years since my dad passed and I have both of their ashes now.. They’re dancing in heaven that is for sure. It’s sad but I’m happy they are finally reunited. Thank you for reaching out.
Laurie
Our deepest sympathy to you and your family. Praying for you and your time of need.. Al, Tammy and kids